GM Parham Maghsoodloo is the winner of 26th International Fajr Festival which was held from 3 to 10 February in Mazandaran – Amol. Iranian GM won it with great result 7,5 out of 9, point clear from IM Amin Tabatabaei, GM Pavel Ponkratov and few more players with 6,5. After a slow start he gathered [...]

The Serbian grandmaster Aleksandar Indjić is the winner of the Portugal Open 2018 The strongest tournament ever held in Portugal, that gathered 272 chess players from 42 countries in the second pavilion of the Municipal Sports Complex of Vistoso Casal, in Lisbon. Indjić made 7.5 points in 9 possible, the same as the Russians Anton [...]

The three most important tasks we must accomplish during the opening are developing a central pawn, activating our minor pieces (Knights and Bishops) centrally and castling. We know not to make too many pawn moves, move the same piece twice nor bring our Queen out early (all during the opening). The astute beginner who embraces […]

2nd Marcel Duchamp Cup was held from 2 to 8 February in Montevideo, Uruguay. The venue was Sala Roja y Foyer del Centro de Conferencias de la IMM, Montevideo. GM Sandro Mareco is the winner in II open “Copa Marcel Duchamp” in Montevideo. He was in the leading group all the time and then with [...]

Ακολουθεί η προκήρυξη του 5ου Νεανικού τουρνουά Ράπιντ που διοργανώνει ο Σύλλογός μας αυτή την Κυριακή 11 Φεβρουαρίου με ώρα έναρξης 5μμ:ΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΤΗΣ: ΣΚΑΚΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΟΙΞΗ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑ ΑΓΩΝΩΝ: Ελβετικό πέντε (5) γύρων Η...

Μία νίκη , μία ήττα και ένα ... "ρεπό" είχαν οι τρεις τελευταίες αγωνιστικές  του Προκριματικού Ομίλου Α'Εθνικής για τη Σκακιστική Άνοιξη.  Πιο αναλυτικά:Στις 21/1 η ομάδα μας δεν είχε αγωνιστική υποχρέωση καθώς ο...

The Saint Louis GM Norm Congress is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 8-13 February 2018 in the Saint Louis Chess Club. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. Top seed is GM Pavlo Vorontsov. Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the [...]

«Playing Chess», Xu Yan Ένας νεαρός άντρας, χτυπημένος από τη δυστυχία, πήγε σ’ ένα μακρινό μοναστήρι και είπε στον ηλικιωμένο δάσκαλο: «Η ζωή με έχει απογοητεύσει. Ήθελα να επιτύχω τη φώτιση για να ελευθερωθώ από τον πόνο, αλλά...

Moldova National Individual Championships were held in Chisinau from 31.01 to 08.02. It was round robin tournament with 10 players . In the Men section the winner is GM Vladimir Hamitevici with 6 out of 9, followed by GM Vasile Sanduleac and IM Nichita Morozov with 5,5 points. Women Champion became IM Svetlana Petrenko with [...]

17th International Chess Festival Rochefort will be held from 17th to 23th February. The venue will be Palais des Congrès. The tournament is divided in 2 sections. In the masters group are expected around 70 participants. The top players are GM Anton Demchenko, GM Andrey Sumets, GM Nikita Majorov, GM Momchil Nikolov etc… Last year [...]

9th international chess tournament Opal Open will be held from 09.02.-13.02 in Neustadt. The tournament will be divided in 3 sections. Around 600 people are expected to take part in all sections. Top seeded players are GM Ferenc Berkes, GM Daniel Fridman, Daniel Sadzikowski, Jinshi Bai etc… starting list Opal section A 1 GM Berkes [...]

Activities of the Russian Chess Federation in the period 2014-2018. The video was presented at the XIII RCF Congress.

The European Chess Union invites the National federations members to submit bids for the organisation of the official European Chess Championships in 2020 & 2021. The bids shall be submitted exclusively in the Bid form regulated by the ECU (in the attachment). For any additional documents delivered separately from the bid form, it must be [...]

FIDE and the FIDE Trainers’ Commission have started half year educational programme for Africa and Asia, which will run via internet on the web-platform of www.elitechesstraining.com. Eight experienced FIDE trainers Csaba Balogh, Efstratios Grivas, Mikhail Gurevich, Sami Khader, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Georg Mohr, Jovan Petronic and Arshak Petrosian will give group lessons every Saturday (18:00...

At the time of writing I am leading both championships! I do not expect this to last, especially in the British, as every game has, so far, been drawn. So, in reality, everyone is equal, with myself on 5 / 10 and CCM Gareth Yeo (WLS) also on 5 / 10 and  CCM David Cumming […]